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From the bestselling author of How Emotions Are Made

 

'A series of highly accessible, content-rich and eminently readable essays . . . Fascinating and informative, it is popular science at its best' - Observer

 

'Small in size but big on ideas . . . [Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain] is absorbing, thought-provoking stuff... - Evening Standard

 

In seven short chapters (plus a brief history of how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You'll learn where brains came from, how they're structured (and why it matters), and how yours works in tandem with other brains to create everything you experience. Along the way, you¿ll also learn to dismiss popular myths such as the idea of a "lizard brain" and the alleged battle between thoughts and emotions, or even between nature and nurture, to determine your behaviour.

 

Sure to intrigue casual readers and scientific veterans alike, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain is full of surprises, humour, and important implications for human - a gift of a book about our mot complex and crucial organ that you will want to savour again and again.

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Author's Note ix

 

The Half-Lesson Your Brain Is Not for Thinking 1 (12)

 

Lesson No. 1 You Have One Brain (Not Three) 13 (16)

Lesson No. 2 Your Brain Is A Network 29 (18)

Lesson No. 3 Little Brains Wire Themselves To Their World 47 (17)

Lesson No. 4 Your Brain Predicts (Almost) Everything You Do 64 (19)

Lesson No. 5 Your Brain Secretly Works With Other Brains 83 (15)

Lesson No. 6 Brains Make More Than One Kind Of Mind 98 (12)

Lesson No. 7 Our Brains Can Create Reality 110 (14)

 

Epilogue 124 (2)

Acknowledgments 126 (5)

Appendix: The Science Behind the Science 131 (36)

 

Index 167